This is mainly for LJ friends, but anyone else who feels like commenting is most welcome to do so. Might you click through to my maryvictoria.net site and leave a remark or three there, so I can get a feel for how the new WordPress blog works? While you’re at it, stick around and check out the new site! It’s not quite finished yet – some links remain to be tweaked – but we’re not far off. Exciting!
Meanwhile, just to keep you entertained, I shall break into song:
Some things in life are bad,
They can really make you mad.
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you’re chewing on life’s gristle,
Don’t grumble, give a whistle,
And this’ll help things turn out for the best… so…
Always look on the bright side of life. (dee dee, dee dee dee dee dee dee…)
The new website looks fantastic, Mary! Love seeing Frank\’s artwork in all its glory.
woot! Hopefully there will be more art in the coming weeks from various sources! 🙂
Did I mention your banner is beautiful? 🙂
I held Frank’s nose to the grindstone until he produced it… I am a harsh taskmistress. ‘You want dinner? Fine, make me a banner…’
I’m leaving a remark! That makes me remarkable! No, wait. That would make your blog post remarkable. Or is it the comment itself which is remarkable? Maybe Blake is better suited to figure this out. I’m too poor to afford a suit. I mean I have one, but it’s rather moth-eaten. And that’s a sad story in itself. I can never have anything nice.
Oh dear, what a sad story! Morning glory! 🙂 Remember…
If life seems jolly rotten
There’s something you’ve forgotten
And that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you’re feeling in the dumps
Don’t be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle – that’s the thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ
😀
Hey, just a thought, but are you going to keep the site book related only? You’re an artist too so it might be cool to put up a few pages showing off that work as well.
It’s a writing related site, as far as I’m concerned, though there is a gallery page for artists. It’s been a long time since I did any animation… 7 years, in fact! I’m not sure I qualify as an animator anymore. 😉
There will however be an extra page which I’m working on now, collecting together thoughts on writing, and the process of going from animator to writer.
Looks good, Mary!
muchos gracias! It was much inspired by your site! 😉
Here’s a comment!
What plugins are you using at the moment?
Oh Catherine, I admit I am only WordPress savvy enough to edit existing content and do the basics like add links, posts, pages etc. I’m not up there with the plugins! Scott from Maneyacts (see link to his website to the right) has been helping me out with widgets, html, plugins and all that.
I’m also someone else who has had the CAPTCHA problem, just so you know. Definitely get them to look into that.
Yeah, I told Scott! Hopefully he’ll be able to look into it…
Yay wordpress! Site looks awesome! I need to hunt down my artist friends and get a banner out of them too LOL
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This got through in the end… mysterious!
I tried to leave a message but it didn’t like the security code I entered, and then when I did the new security code it said it looked like I had repeated a message and deleted my post…
Otherwise, it looks good, and yay wordpress! I am loving wordpress
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Looking into it… you’re not the only one… weird stuff!
Can I subscribe to the blog? The wordpress menu across the top isn’t here, so is there a different way of subscribing?
There should be an RSS feed button on the bottom left hand side – doesn’t that work?
Yes, it did. Ok, now added to googlereader. It’sjust not what I was expecting LOL
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Yes, it did. Ok, now added to googlereader. It’s just not what I was expecting LOL
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Mary, it’s wonderful! Great work!!!!
xxx
Thanks sweets! I can’t claim the work – hard leg work was done by Scott Maney (of Maneyacts) and the pretty art is of course all Frank 😉
Outstanding, love the layout and the banner is beautiful!
Woot! Banner done by my Most Talented and Excellent Husband (who also does the book covers.)
DAHLING! me love, me love!
And what do you mean you don’t qualify as an animator anymore?? It’s like riding a bike, don’tcha know!
I love the new site! My only gripe is that its a bit slow when you are here on the Left Coast of Crazy. (But beggars can’t be too choosy.)
miss you tons…
<3 mel
Glad you like! 🙂
I’ve noticed the slowness too. It’s been particularly bad in the NZ early evenings (10 pm-ish California time.) Not sure why. I complained… and lo and behold, it’s suddenly behaving better. Like a horse when you threaten to fetch its master… 😉
After 7 years out of animation, I think I’d be animating like a fish on a bicycle at this point… 😉 It would be an interesting experiment, though, to see whether I can still ‘see’…
miss you too, lovely!